The judge presiding over the Zoloft MDL in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted the plaintiffs group’s motion to present a new causation analysis expert witness last month. Although marketed as safe during pregnancy, hundreds of plaintiffs have filed lawsuits over birth defects. Use of the antidepressant during pregnancy has been linked to a serious lung condition that can prevent an infant from getting enough oxygen. Injurylawyer-news.com writes that additional birth complications include “apnea, seizures, heart defects, difficulty feeding, irritability, trouble regulating body temperature, autism, and malformations of the skull or brain.”